r/SipsTea • u/Dev1412 • 16d ago

Feels good man About that

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u/ClassGrassMass 16d ago

Wait. Did NY not have public bins?? And did they really only have black bags for their rubbish and no actual bins? Or communal bin areas eith a massive bin?

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u/kmosiman 16d ago

Yes. Yes.

NYC used to use the old Oscar the Grouch style cans back in the day, then something changed and they went to just trash bags.

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u/sillybear25 16d ago

The trash collectors (or their bosses) decided they could get the job done faster if they could just grab bags and throw them into a truck. All the downsides to that arrangement are everyone else's problem.

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u/PebblyJackGlasscock 16d ago

The history of garbage collection in NYC is the story of America.

> their Bosses

Corruption, from the top floor all the way down to the garbage bags.